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Event 72013

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 24, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Perkin Elmer Life Sciences Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 1

Perkin Elmer Specimen Gate, Screening Center. Data management of neonatal screening test results and demographics by qualified laboratory personnel in newborn screening programs.

Z-0166-2016
Recall number
Z-0166-2016
Initiated
August 24, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
6 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
It would be possible for an abnormal analytical test result value from an affected newborn to be reported with a default result interpretation of normal. The analytical test result value would be correct but the interpretation of the test result value would be incorrect.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

It would be possible for an abnormal analytical test result value from an affected newborn to be reported with a default result interpretation of normal. The analytical test result value would be correct but the interpretation of the test result value would be incorrect.

Code information

Software Version 1.6

Distribution pattern

US distribution to FL, GA, and NV; and Canada